The National Economic Council (NEC) has constituted a committee on national electrification to deepen states’ engagement within the Electricity Reform Act, 2023, and the National Electricity Strategy and Implementation Plan.
Gov. Lucky Aiyedatiwa, made the disclosure on Thursday while briefing newsmen at the end of the NEC meeting chaired by the Vice-President Kashim Shettima, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Aiyedatiwa named Gov. Bassey Otu of Cross River as Chairman of the committee, Gov. Dikko Radda and Gov. Inuwa Yahaya of Katsina and Gombe States, respectively, as members.
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He said other members of committee on national electrification are the Governors of Osun, Imo and Plateau as well as the Ministers of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy.
He said the Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Minister of Power and Social Adviser to the President on NEC and Climate Change are also members of the committee.
He also listed other members to include the Social Adviser to the President on Power, the Managing Director, Rural Electrician Agency and the Managing Director, Nigeria Delta Power Holding Company.
The governor explained that the committee’s terms of reference have to do with deepened states’ involvement with a view to taking advantage of the act.
Aiyedatiwa said the Managing Director, Rural Electrification Agency briefed the council on the impact of the agency’s activities in providing rural electrification to institutions, healthcare facilities and business setting in the country.
The governor said that the council resolved that Nigeria needs to reform and diversity electricity system apart from the one from the national grid.
He added that the council further observed that by empowering states, accessibility and affordability of electricity would ensure that all regions effectively meet their specific energy needs.
